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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY S. ORAUS, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

HAND-BAG FRAME.

SPECIFICATION forming-part of Letters Patent No. 260,946, dated July 11, 1882. Application filed May 22, 1882. (ModeL) Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful end of the stem Improvement in Hand-Bag Frames, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improvement. Fig. 2 is a sectional end elevation o the same, taken through the line 00 00, Fig. 1.

The object of this invention is to facilitate the opening of hand-bags.

The invention consists in a hand-bag frame constructed with two parts hingedto each other and provided with a fastening to the stem of which is hinged a rod passing through the handle and having a band attached to its outer end, through which the handle passes. The ends of the handle are connected with the outer part of the frame by peculiarly-constructed hinges, as will be hereinafter fully described.

A B are the parts of a hand-bag frame, which are hinged to each other at their'ends, and are provided at their centers with a springfastening of any ordinary construction. In the construction illustrated in the drawings hooks O are attached to the part B of the frame, which enter openings in the side of a case, I), attached to the other partof the said frame, and engage with alatch, E. The latch E is pressed outward to engage with the catchhooks O by a spring, F, placed beneath it, and is pressed inward to release the catches by means of a stem, Gr, projecting upward through the case D.

To the outer end of the stem G is hinged the end of the rod H, which passes through the center of the handle I, and has an oval band,'J, attached to it, through which the said handle I passes.

The handle I may be made of any suitable or flexible, as may material, and may be rigid be desired.

To the ends of the handle I are secured caps K by screws, nails, or manner.

rivets in the ordinary S. Grams, of inserted a stem,

l is to he opened the band In a hole in the bottom of each cap K is L, which is headed down upon the inner side of the said bottom. The outer L is flattened, is made circular, and is inserted in a slot in the spherical knob or ball M, where it is secured in place by a pin, N, forming a hinge. The slotted ball M is riveted to the part B of the bagframe or to a cap-plate attached to the said frame. The hinge thus formed is strong and durable in use and neat and ornamental in appearance.

*ith this construction, when the hand-bag J and rod H are the hand that holds'the pressed inward by handle I, disengaging the fastening, and they bag is then opened by drawing the part B of the bag-frame outward by means of the knob or drop 0 attached to it.

IVith this construction,

in opening the bag it is not necessary to lay the bag down or to hold the part A of the bag-frame while unfastening the catch and drawing the part B of the frame ontwart Having thus described my invention, I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent-- .1. A hand-bag frame constructed substantially as herein shown and described, and con sisting of the frame A B, the fastening O D E F G, the rod H, the band J, the handle I, and the hinges L M N, as set forth.

2. In a hand-bag frame, the combination, with the stem G of the fastening and the bandle I, of the hinged rod H, and the band J, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the fastening can be unfastened by the hand that grasps the handle as set forth.

3. In a hand-bag frame, the combination, with the part A of the frame and the handle I, of the slotted ball M, the stem L, having circular outer end, the pin N, and the cap K, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby a firm and ornamental hinge is produced, as set forth.

JAMES T. GRAHAM, O. SEDGWICK. 

